My Superhero
September 2015
By:
Tom W.
| West Des Moines, Iowa
A father begins to made amends to the daughters he was once too drunk to love
The Tough Girl
November 2013
By:
Cindy B.
| Harwich, Massachusetts
Part Marilyn Monroe,part Albert Einstein— and part Superwoman
You and Me and the DTs
June 2011
By:
Lee B.
| Guelph, Ontario
Twenty years after seeing her mom die of the DTs, this woman got sober after experiencing her own alcoholic seizures and DTs
Web Exclusive: Young and Free
March 2011
By:
Jenn
After two years in hell, a 15-year-old wants to help others.
MY CONTRIBUTION
March 2010
By:
ANONYMOUS
| Maine
Nobody ever claimed that the Twelve Steps guaranteed financial security
NO ACCIDENT
January 2010
By:
MIKE T.
| Prince George, British Columbia
A teenager calls AA for help and is twelfth-stepped by his friend's father
END OF MY ROPE
July 2009
By:
GEORGE M.
| Fort Atkinson, Wisc
A parolee says serving time in prison saved his life
What's The Worst That Could Happen?
February 2007
By:
John A.
| Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
And is it worth a drink?
A Glimpse of the Mountain
April 2005
By:
Michael W.
| Mill Creek, Washington
When the view suddenly becomes unobscured
Everything I Have
September 2004
By:
Butch P.
| Lombard, Illinois
He had to get in the program not just on the program
AA Behind the Walls: A Volunteer's Perspective
December 2003
By:
Liz D.
| Woodside, New York
What could a young, middle-class girl have in common with an inmate at Rikers?
Silent Night
December 1951
Plan for Survival
March 1951
Detox, DT’s, Despair—And Sobriety
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
J.S.
| Whitehall, Pa.
A journey from hospital and rehab to a new life in AA
Demolished
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Sonya F-D.
| Eden Mills, Vermont
This driller and blaster always felt different. But the thing that made her the same was her drinking
No One Home
July 2013
By:
Anonymous
With wife and kids gone and no furniture in sight, the lawn was the only place left to land
Game changer
December 2010
By:
SUSAN B.
| Alexandria, Va.
A hard-drinking father finds spirituality in the bottom of the ninth
The Sanest I've Ever Been
July 2008
By:
Erin H.
| Concord, California
An alcoholic's daughter finds her own program
It Works For Me
September 2007
By:
Paul M.
| Riverside, Illinois
Sober sixty years, a member reflects on AA's principles
A Hole-in-one
August 2004
By:
Dave H.
| Hampton, Virginia
After a hole-in-one, things were going to be okay